The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-01-22

or warp and the cracks betw.,
keep the toboggan from sl;na IN them
wise. If narrow plankine i rs ass Side
better to make the toboggan !, NY It'll
wide. This will call for ef fhraa lnehs
each 6 feet long and 6 inss, Ooa1da
Quarter-sawed oak is beyt slas.
almost as good, and basswood AS, ASH i
swer very well, but must not Will an
thin. The cleats and side-ra;,s as te
tough light wood like ash, IT, u Some
used saplings in the natural 'a asa
about an inch in diameter. c;s shape
builders may use inch-squarne' 'l,l1a
with the corners rounded Of: l Iat,
dowel-rods will do for the cro 49, nFss
They can be had ready.msdo' isaa
ca1liet-lnakcrs or dealers in baram ,ass
lumber. The seven cleats ara I az WOO
as the toboggan is wide, and , h. long
slde-ralls are each 4 feet 5 in, %a
long. Leather thongs are east last 't %
"o "oeih"Ner Porpois leatbs.
shoe-strinss or strips of rawhjle ''a '
best; but any sound leather will u. d"
Lay the boards side by side NV
floor, and lay the cleats in position Va
being about an inch from tho 40
end and the rest at intervals of a'e'
to No. 6 Qeave No. 7 for the nroSou"
Mark the positions of the cloats , os
board with a pencil. and molo 1 uns
where the thong-holes arc to con WV
four holes at the ends of the cle,ts ',,
two at the edges of the boards v1 "aS
the cleats cross the cracks. tTbe I"n'
at the ends of the cleats should MT a" IT,
nearer than three-fourths of an inch, W
the edges of the boards. Those al NV
cracks may be half an inch from ,h'
edges. Bore the holes lara o euonrS
for the thongs to pass throus III c,s;iT
Then turn the board over aid on, ,
shallow groove lengthwise Of the GRAIN
between each pair of holes, 50 that ,hs
thongs will be ''co%untersunk " or orar
with the under surface. After ,Ma
has been done, lash the cleats in no,t'
ton, beginning with the inner holes ,na
leaving the side rails till last. Be c,rs
full to round off all corners where n,
thongs bear upon them. Cut sbo1ov
notches at the ends of the cleats xbo,.
the side-rails rest, and lash them frml,
in place. The side-rails should r,S
only a triae beyond cleat No, 5. Isb
No. 7 in position on the under slsa
the toboggan at the fore end.
1t now remains to bend the boanl,
This is easiest done by steaminr them
over or soaking them in, very hot
water, and bending them before lash
ing the toboggan together. But can
be done after the lashing b y fastening
double cords around cleats Nos. ) and
7, and twisting with Il stick until te
ends are bent over as far as reQpird.
These cords r usually lcft in place,
the sticks and the extra twist being "a
moved after the wood has dried. Tn,
toboggan is now complete, with the e.
ception of the hand-line, which il
fastened to the ends of cleat No.
A toboggan constructed on the In
dian plan is somewhat 10 se,jointd.
but it is none the worse for that. |
preferred. the builder may use CONFER
wire for lashings, or may lispns
with lashings altogether and use
screws or clinch-nails. Machine.naa
toboggans of excellent quality, fitted
with cushions and all the luxuried
the season, are now largely manutac
tured in the United States and Canada
but a homemade article is far more
satisfactory than any thing that can b.
bought. With such a craft the snow
may be navlgated in any dire
ton down hill, even when the cru. i
not strong enough to bear 9 foot pass
enger, or ever when there Is no crust
at all. Steering is done either withtk
feet Or with short sticks held Ouiii
each hand.
Toboggans are made ten or twelve
feet long-long enough to AIRY six
passengers; but they are baii
precisely like the smaller specimens
merely heightened, with an d.
iitional cross-cleat at every extra foot
md need not be described here
Charles Ledyard Norton, in Inter OaI